Times
Square is regarded as the
centre of Manhattan, the main
tourist district of New York City.
Formerly named Longacre Square,
Times Square was renamed in 1904
after the Times Building, that is
now now One Times Square. The
square is famous for its animated
digital advertisements.

Times Square is the site of the
annual New Year's Eve ball
drop.

This is where you catch the Hop
On Hop Off tour buses. The most
famous restaurant in New York can
be found here too,www.planethollywoodintl.com.

The Statue of
Liberty is New York's top
attraction, with the ferry ride to
Liberty Island included in many of
the open top bus tours. Regular
ferries leave from the southern tip
of Manhattan, an area now designed
for tourism with many shops, bars
and diners.

The statue was given to the
United States by the people of
France to represent the friendship
between the two countries
established during the American
Revolution. Erected on Liberty
Island in New York Harbor, it was
intended to welcome visitors and
immigrants arriving by ship.

Ellis
Island is visited by the
tour boats that visit the Statue of
Liberty.

This was the gateway for
millions of immigrants to the
United States, the busiest
immigration station in the US from
1892 to 1954. Before the station,
the island was the site of Fort
Gibson. Since 1990, the restored
buildings on the island hold a
museum of immigration, run by the
National Park Service, along with
Statue of Liberty National Monument
on a neighbouring island.

The Empire
State Building is one of the
top tourist attractions in the
centre of Manhattan. You can take a
tour to the large observation
lounge on the 86th floor, or to the
smaller observation lounge on the
102nd floor.

This 102 story Art Deco
skyscrapers name was taken from the
nickname of the state of New York,
The Empire State. This was the
world's tallest building for over
forty years, from its completion in
1931 until the World Trade Center's
North Tower was completed in 1972.
After the destruction of the World
Trade Center in 2001, the Empire
State Building was again the
highest building in New York City
and New York State.

Top of the
Rock is an alternative to
the Empire State Building, as the
Empire building can get extremely
busy, with lengthy waiting
times.

The GE Building is another Art
Deco skyscraper, named the
Rockefeller Center, situated close
to the Empire State Building. At
850 feet (259 m) high, this
70-story building is the 9th
highest building in New York. This
building is often referred to as 30
Rock, as its address is 30
Rockefeller Plaza.

There is a glass bottom lift
that takes you to the observation
lounges on the 67th, 69th and 70th
floors. Here you will find some of
the best views of Central Park,
Empire State Building and much of
Manhattan.

The World Trade
Center site is another major
attraction, a complex in Lower
Manhattan where seven buildings
were destroyed in 2001 by the
September 11 terrorist attacks.

The site has been rebuilt with
six new skyscrapers, and a memorial
to casualties of the disaster.

The Twin Towers were 1,727 ft
high to the spire, compared to the
Empire State Building being
1,454 ft to its spire.

Next to the site of the Twin
Towers is St.
Paul's Chapel, at 209 Broadway,
its the oldest surviving church in
the city. Amazingly, the church
survived the collapse of the Towers
without even a broken window.

Saint Patrick's
Cathedral is a large
cathedral in the center of
Manhattan, although it is dwarfed
by the many skyscrapers around
it.

This is a Neo-Gothic-style
Catholic cathedral church. It is
the seat of the archbishop of New
York, and a parish church, situated
on Fifth Avenue between 50th and
51st Streets in midtown Manhattan.
It is situated across the road from
the Rockefeller Center, where you
get great views down over the
cathedral.

The Cathedral
of Saint John the Divine is
a massive building situated to the
northwest of Central Park. The
cathedral is not visited that often
due to its location away from most
of the tourist attractions in
downtown Manhattan..

This is the Cathedral of the
Episcopal Diocese of New York,
claimed to be the largest Anglican
church, and fourth largest
Christian church in the world. The
inside covers 121,000 sq ft, 601 ft
and 232 ft high. The inside height
of the nave is 124 feet.

The cathedral has never been
completely finished. Also, a
massive fire destroyed the north
transept on the 18th December 2001.
Work to restore the Cathedral has
been ongoing. It is unlikely the
cathedral will ever be completely
finished to its intended design,
with the two towers 300 feet
high.

The submarine USS Growler is the
only diesel powered submarine to
fire nuclear missiles that can be
visited, anywhere in the world.
There are also a range of top
aircraft to view such as Concorde
and Blackbird.

The Intrepid
Sea, Air & Space Museum
is situated on the West side of
Manhattan on Pier 86, 12th Ave.
& 46th Street. This area sees
some of the largest cruise ships
docking. It was also the area where
the great Trans Atlantic Liners
docked.

The Museum features two historic
American naval vessels for visitors
to explore. The Essex-class
aircraft carrier USS Intrepid
entered service in 1943, taking
part in World War II, the space
race, the Cold War, and Vietnam
War.

The Niagara
Falls are a popular day trip
from New York by plane, situated
about 412 miles northwest of New
York.

The waterfalls are on the
Niagara River, part of the border
between Ontario province in
Canadian, and New York state in the
U.S. The falls are 17 miles
northwest of Buffalo / USA, 75
miles southeast of Toronto /
Canada.

Washington,
D.C. is another popular day
trip, or two day trip, from New
York, 228 miles southwest. This was
a new city built to become the
capitol of America under George
Washington in 1800.

The main tourist attractions are
mostly situated within, or beside,
the 2 mile long National Mall, an
open-area national park in the
centre of Washington, D.C. that
attracts about 24 million visitors
each year.

Boston is the capital and
largest city in Massachusetts, one
of the oldest cities in the US.

The most popular tourist
attraction in Boston is the
Freedom
Trail, a 2.5 mile trail that
covers 16 of the city's top
historic monuments and sites. The
Freedom Trail is marked by a line
of red bricks in the sidewalk, and
by footprints on street
crossings.